FINDING FAULT.
The winds refused to blow; “No u>e,” said they, “t<> try, From north, or south, or east, or west. These folks to satisfy. “The north wind is ‘t >0 hot,’ The west w ind ‘bold and r »ugh ; The east is ‘wretched,’ they complain; The south ‘is much too cool.’ ” And so the windmills stopped; The ships lay idly by; The sun beat dow.i from morn till night, Because no c loud could fly. The people sighed for wind, “Blow hot or cold,” they said, “From north, or south, or east, of west, But blow from somewhere, pray.”
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White Ribbon, Volume 24, Issue 283, 18 January 1919, Page 8
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100FINDING FAULT. White Ribbon, Volume 24, Issue 283, 18 January 1919, Page 8
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